Usually means: Chemical decomposition by light exposure.
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  1. photolysis: Merriam-Webster
  2. photolysis: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. photolysis: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. photolysis: Collins English Dictionary
  5. photolysis: Wordnik
  6. photolysis: Wiktionary
  7. photolysis: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. photolysis: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. photolysis: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. photolysis: Dictionary.com
  11. Photolysis: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. photolysis: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  13. photolysis: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. photolysis: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. photolysis: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
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  5. photolysis: Medical dictionary

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. photolysis: PHYSICAL ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
  2. Atmospheric Chemistry and Air Quality (No longer online)

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Photolysis: Glossary of Air Pollution Terms
  2. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  3. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (photolysis)

noun:  (chemistry) Any chemical reaction in which a compound is decomposed after absorbing a photon

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